Snow hits UK as pub beer gardens reopen in England

Temperatures plunged to -9.4C overnight on the first day lockdown restrictions ease across the country.

Punters shivered as pubs served up al fresco pints in bracing conditions, with the mercury a bone-chilling 1C in the capital this morning.

Hungry diners flocking to restaurants will need to wrap up warm in outdoor seating areas as snow carpeted the country.

"In mid-April. This is as British as Britain gets."